President Barack Obama meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a bilateral at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 18, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
This photo captures a great deal — an earnest, hardworking President of the United States trying to make his case to skeptical, stand-offish foreign leaders, in this case China’s premier, whose buy-in is vital if a global climate change deal that is worth anything is to be struck.
— Steve Clemons
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